The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels

Dirty Snow

Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in a country under occupation. Most people struggle to get by; Frank takes it easy in his mother's whorehouse, which caters to members of the occupying forces. But Frank is restless. He is a pimp, a thug, a petty t

Tropic Moon

Newly translated for this edition.A young Frenchman, Joseph Timar, travels to Gabon carrying a letter of introduction from an influential uncle. He wants work experience; he wants to see the world. But in the oppressive heat and glare of the equator, Tima

Three Bedrooms in Manhattan

An actor, recently divorced, at loose ends in New York; a woman, no less lonely, perhaps even more desperate than the man: they meet by chance in an all-night diner and are drawn to each other on the spot. Roaming the city streets, hitting its late-night

Écrits: A Selection

Genius and charismatic leader of a psychoanalytic movement that in the 1950s and 1960s provided a focal point for the French intelligentsia, Jacques Lacan attracted a cult following. Ecrits is his most important work, bringing together twenty-seven articl

One Deadly Summer

‘A master of psychological suspense ’ New York Times Beautiful newcomer, Elle, has turned the head of every man in the village. But it’s Fiorimond, the local mechanic, who wants her more.After just one date she moves in with him and his family. As F

The Pasteurization of France

What can one man accomplish, even a great man and brilliant scientist? Although every town in France has a street named for Pasteur, was he alone able to stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to undergo vaccination? Pasteu

La preuve

Avec Le Grand Cahier nous étions dans un pays en guerre où deux enfants, des jumeaux, apprenaient à survivre en usant toutes les ressources du mal et de la cruauté. Puis les jumeaux se séparaient, l’un d’eux franchissant la frontière, laissant l

Le troisième mensonge

De l'autre côté de la frontière, la guerre est finie, la dictature est tombée. Pour vivre, pour survivre, il a fallu mentir pendant toutes ces années. Klaus et Claus T. découvrent à leurs dépens que la liberté retrouvée n'est pas synonyme de vé

الأمية

رحلة صعبة قطعتها الكاتبة بين عالمين، الشرق الحميم والغرب السياسي. في قرية نيوشاتل السويسرية حيث المنفى الذي قُدّر لأغوتا العيش فيه حتى آخر �